My 10-Year-Old Has a Delusion About What She’s Going to Be When She Grows Up. I Need to Break the Bad News.

Care and Feeding I’ve heard enough. July 26, 20268:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Alen-D/iStock/Getty Images Plus and Olga Yastremska/Getty Images Plus. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My husband and I have a 7-year-old son and a 10-year-old daughter, “Janessa.” Janessa is convinced she is going to be the biggest singing sensation on the planet. I am a vocal coach, and I can say from a professional standpoint that Janessa is mediocre at best. I’ve tried working with her to help her improve, but sadly, she’s one of those who simply does not possess musical t